I spent a couple of days in Bangkok, the over-populated and poluted capital city of Thailand, with my brother David in September 2001. There are a large number of Buddhist Shrines, gem shops, tailor shops, phoney desginer clothes shops, go-go bars, ladyboys and conmen. The photos below are mainly of the shrines.
Images from Wat Ka Phrew, adjacent to the Royal Palace. It is the home of the famous emerald Buddha, a Buddha statue made of jade which is just 40cm high. Sadly, public photography of the emerald Buddha is prohibited.
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Images from Wat Pho, The home of the 18m lond reclining Buddha. The reclining Buddh is a dying Buddha, but he is happy as he is bout to enter the state of nirvana. The paintings on the soles of the Buddha's left foot,is a near perfect mirror image of the paintings on his right foot. The seven snakes above the head of Buddha in third image are there to protect him. |
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Here are images from some of the other shrines we visited, including the 32m tall, but sad-looking, standing Buddha. |
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We met some very friendly waitresses in Bangkok. |
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